Flip Saunders
Flip Saunders
Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunderswas an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 February 1955
CityCleveland, OH
favorite improved might win
If he didn't get hurt, he might have been the favorite to win Most Improved Player.
feels felt good nine statement
I'd say that 37 points, nine assists and one turnover make a pretty good statement for the All-Star game. He felt good tonight, and when he feels that good, we're just going to let him go.
front mean
I'd really like him to see the 'Detroit' on the front of our jerseys a lot. That would mean we're on him.
pieces
I don't see any holes. I think all the pieces are there.
couple days nice
The nice thing is we have a couple of days off.
doubtful reevaluate
Then we'll reevaluate him. But I would say it would be very doubtful that he would play.
dad people work
Even when I got fired, I thought I could be part of the solution. I wasn't the problem. People make decisions, and like my dad said, 'Things always work out for a reason.' You never know why it happens, but things always work out for the best.
decision depending good guys team
That's a decision that every day as a team they have to make. Fortunately for us, those two guys are pretty good decision makers, and depending on what they give us, is what we'll usually take.
came camp credit expect good guys start
It's a credit to the way these guys came into camp and came in focused. They've made some big plays. I thought we could get off to a good start but you can't expect to go 20-3.
great loss remember smile sports
It's a great loss for the sports world and Minnesota. He was someone that you always remember with a smile on his face. It's tough.
court home lock overall secure weeks win
It's a five-step process. One, you want to get in the playoffs. We did that about two weeks ago. You want to win your division, which is going to pretty much lock in home court, at least through the first two rounds. Now what you want to do is secure home court in the East. Then secure home court overall and then the championship.
seven three
I told him I'd like to do this seven more times in two or three months.
against certain chance good offense ourselves playing prepare win work
I told our guys, we're not playing Milwaukee. We're playing ourselves. We have a certain way we want to play on offense and on defense. And if we do that, we give ourselves a chance to win against anybody. We can feel good about this right now. But we have to get back to work and prepare to go to Milwaukee.
break good guys single
I told our guys it's always good to go to the break with single digits in losses. That's always a good sign.